For IT-type content (software, hardware...) API user can use the "TECH" domain to get better results with their translations.

To use the TECH domains, the developer needs to invoke in the API by using the category=tech parameter.

Not all the languages supported by Microsoft Translator general domain (list of the 45+ supported languages for the general domain can be found here: www.microsofttranslator.com/help). You can use the GetLangaugesForTranslate() method to query the complete language set. (also listed below for convenience). For the languages not listed the translation result will be the same between category=general and category=tech.

When you try to translate a large Word document by using Microsoft Translator, you might get 404 error. This is a known issue and we're working on this. If you need to translate a large Word document, we suggest you to split the large document into smaller documents. We will post a note at the forum when this issue gets fixed.Thanks. Microsoft Translator Team

Windows Azure Marketplace gives you a convenient way to sign up for the Microsoft Translator API. The set of offers includes an option for FREE use of the API. You can try out the functionality of the Translator API without having to write any code, right there on the Windows Azure Marketplace.

How to add newly released languages to your list of languages in Office?

As new languages are added to the core Microsoft Translator service, these languages will appear automatically in www.bing.com/translator, Internet Explorer, Skype Translator IM translation, etc.

However, for these to appear in Office, Word for instance, you need to first update the list. This is pretty simple and here are the detailed steps to do this. It will take less than a minute to do this

When you try to translate a large Word document by using Microsoft Translator, you might get 404 error. This is a known issue and we're working on this. If you need totranslate a large Word document, we suggest you to split the large document into smaller documents. We will post a note at the forum when this issue gets fixed.Thanks. Microsoft Translator Team

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We currently use the online translation API and it works excellently, but are now presented with a scenario that users might not have connectivity (physical or security reasons) and we need to still ...

For IT-type content (software, hardware...) API user can use the "TECH" domain to get better results with their translations.

To use the TECH domains, the developer needs to invoke in the API by using the category=tech parameter.

Not all the languages supported by Microsoft Translator general domain (list of the 45+ supported languages for the general domain can be found here: www.microsofttranslator.com/help). You can use the GetLangaugesForTranslate() method to query the complete language set. (also listed below for convenience). For the languages not listed the translation result will be the same between category=general and category=tech.

When you try to translate a large Word document by using Microsoft Translator, you might get 404 error. This is a known issue and we're working on this. If you need to translate a large Word document, we suggest you to split the large document into smaller documents. We will post a note at the forum when this issue gets fixed.Thanks. Microsoft Translator Team

Windows Azure Marketplace gives you a convenient way to sign up for the Microsoft Translator API. The set of offers includes an option for FREE use of the API. You can try out the functionality of the Translator API without having to write any code, right there on the Windows Azure Marketplace.

How to add newly released languages to your list of languages in Office?

As new languages are added to the core Microsoft Translator service, these languages will appear automatically in www.bing.com/translator, Internet Explorer, Skype Translator IM translation, etc.

However, for these to appear in Office, Word for instance, you need to first update the list. This is pretty simple and here are the detailed steps to do this. It will take less than a minute to do this

When you try to translate a large Word document by using Microsoft Translator, you might get 404 error. This is a known issue and we're working on this. If you need totranslate a large Word document, we suggest you to split the large document into smaller documents. We will post a note at the forum when this issue gets fixed.Thanks. Microsoft Translator Team